Feb 6, 2021
I got my first COVID-19 vaccination shot recently at the Phil Gainer Community Center. You should run a special article on this excellent operation, maybe even a special section so that you can put lots of pictures of the people working there. Whoever organized this did a bang-up job.
However, whoever organized (if anyone did) the telephone signup for the vaccination did an abysmal job. Even a small amount of thought could improve it.
Kenneth Sheller
Staff Writer
ELKINS Officials were working Tuesday to resolve issues with the phone lines being used to make appointments for Thursday’s mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Phil Gainer Community Center.
All of the phone lines at Davis Medical Center, which is scheduling the vaccination appointments for Thursday’s clinics went down early Tuesday morning and were still out of service late in the afternoon.
DMC released the following statement at approximately 2 p.m. on Tuesday: “At this time we are experiencing technical difficulties with our phone lines. Once our phone line is fixed by Frontier we will begin accepting calls to book appointments. Please, do not call the hotline number until we have resolved the issue. Thank you and we apologize for any inconvenience. We will make an announcement shortly once the lines are fixed.”
Staff Writer
ELKINS The Randolph County Commission unanimously voted to approve the purchase of iPad tablets for the Randolph-Elkins Health Department Thursday.
The iPads will be used for on-site documentation of COVID-19 vaccinations per the state and CDC requirements.
“We were approached by the health department a few weeks ago requesting that we may be able to help them get some iPads with some of the Cares Act funding we’ve received,” Randolph County Commission President Mark Scott said during Thursday’s commission meeting. “When they do some of their vaccinations, they are sometimes now done off-site, so they need a way to be able log their input.”
Jan 22, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all of us, and the difficulty and danger of performing some jobs during the pandemic has given us a new appreciation of some local heroes. Those heroes who have exhibited bravery and determination in our area include healthcare workers, first responders and health department workers.
County health departments have been tasked with documenting positive COVID-19 cases, contact tracing of people who have been exposed to the virus, and now also coordinating COVID-19 vaccinations within the county.
On Thursday, the Randolph County Commission unanimously voted to approve the purchase of iPad tablets for the Randolph-Elkins County Health Department.
ELKINS Residents lined up for COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday at the Phil Gainer Community Center.
A total of 200 vaccinations were done Wednesday, and another 300 are scheduled for today at the center.
All appointments for today are now filled, but another vaccination event is expected in Randolph County next week, Bonnie Woodrum, the Randolph-Elkins Health Department’s infectious disease specialist, said. Once the details are announced residents can begin calling for appointments, she added.
“We got 500 doses from the state, but we didn’t have 500 appointments at first,” Woodrum said. “(Davis Medical Center) stepped in and made appointments for today, and the Randolph County Senior Center had already made the appointments for Thursday.